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The Negative Social Consequences of Merit Aid Scholarships
The Civil Rights Project | Harvard University
"We are in the midst of a destructive set of federal, state, and local changes in higher education policy that limit the ability of minority and low-income families to go to college, damage their future and the future of their communities, and sacrifice too much of the human potential of a society where soon half of all school age children will be non-white."
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A Multiracial Society with Segregated Schools
The Civil Rights Project | Harvard University
"At the beginning of the twenty-first century, American public schools are now twelve years into the process of continuous resegregation. The desegregation of black students, which increased continuously from the 1950s to the late 1980s, has now receded to levels not seen in three decades."
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State Funding Gaps (661k PDF)
The Education Trust
The study reveals that, in most states, school districts that educate the greatest number of low-income and minority students receive substantially less state and local money per student than districts with the fewest low-income and minority students.
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New 'Invest in Equality' Initiative Focuses on Education Reform
civilrights.org
"The initiative includes a three-pronged attack on the poor state of public education: investing in public school programs that are known to improve student performance; investing in low-income communities to break the cycle of poverty, poor education, and racial isolation; and keeping the focus on education, rather than distracting public attention and resources away from improving public schools for all students."
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